Popular Post david 8.4k Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I guess it's ample time for another Mine-imator development update topic, but first off, happy holidays everyone. Hopefully you'll be spending this season in a nice, warm and friendly place, like in front of a computer animating and browsing the forums. Boy, has this been a huge year for Mine-imator. The program have more than doubled in size since January (going from 20,000 lines of code to well over 50,000) and we saw the legendary 1.0.0 update being unveiled to the public eye. I've seen some really impressive things being done with it, despite it being in a slightly buggy and unfriendly demo stage at the moment. The creativity of the Minecraft community never ceases to disappoint! You've probably been noticing the lack of activity in the dev blog since September and would like to have it explained. We'll here are a few reasons for this: GameMaker Creating a complex 3D animation studio in GameMaker is completely idiotic. I've been enjoying the challenge so far though. Well, everything except the fact that its subpar interface/code editor can barely handle the giant that is Mine-imator. Writing, debugging and compiling code has slowed down tremendously the last year due to the size of the program. There have also been some major bugs with GameMaker that affect Mine-imator and its usability that has further delayed 1.0.0 and the demos, some of them still unfixed to this day. Luckily the YoYoGames team are working on GM:Studio 2.0, scheduled to be released in 2015, which may make development easier and faster. School/Work I'm currently acing computer science at university and doing some freelance work which eats up a decent amount of time. Motivation Working on the same project for nearly 3 years all alone with no pay certainly is tiring, but I'm starting to get back into the code after the unannounced hiatus from September to now. So, what's going on now? Well, I'm reworking some of Mine-imator's code (and adding the final, heavily requested features of 1.0.0) and realizing how much I've evolved as a programmer the last year alone. Even though I haven't made much profit from Mine-imator, I've learnt many things about 3D computer graphics and running a community, knowledge that will in no doubt help me in the future. Hopefully 2015 will bring the final release of 1.0.0 and many updates after. What else to expect in 2015? A completely remade Stuff By David site, featuring a friendlier and more modern design. A brand new Mine-imator download page, updated Disqus board (perhaps on a separate page so you guys don't have to scroll down all the time, what do you think?) along with the release of 1.0.0. Possibly some animation projects from me. That is all. Blue Chocolatebar, Ocelot, XGUNLOCK and 72 others 75 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandawadles 2.8k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Can't wait! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHayTroblemo 2.9k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hm. Good luck and what not! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varen 3.3k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Canttt wait for diss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack 591 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Merry Christmas, David. Bat8 Animations 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustardBlock 5.5k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 dID YOU HAVE TO BURN MY EYES WITH THE SNOW BACKGROUND Keep on Chucking and TheGoku7729 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolElf 1.3k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 *cant wait for anything in this topic* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allemn 2.6k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I can't wait for MI 1.0.0 Demo 6!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JjCinemas 3.3k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 OOOOOOOH MY GOODNESS DAVID MADE A TOPIC! I can't wait to see what kind of animations you can make : o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedia 2.1k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Good luck and Merry Christmas David! Can't wait for the new stuff coming soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mineupfast 1k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hmm, yes. And a merry Christmas to you too, David. Have a nice holiday break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenMator 474 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yes!! Can't wait! Good luck on Mine-Imator 1.0.0! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defused 352 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Murri christmars davve. c: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpecialjonny 1.1k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yay good on ya David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie-Mienai 1k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I think that in separate download page for Mine-imator is a good idea. and it would also be good to put on that page all previous versions of Mine-imator. would really amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Sheldon 2.5k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) -snip- What else to expect in 2015? A completely remade Stuff By David site, featuring a friendlier and more modern design. A brand new Mine-imator download page, updated Disqus board (perhaps on a separate page so you guys don't have to scroll down all the time, what do you think?) along with the release of 1.0.0. Possibly some animation projects from me. That is all. Awesome! cant wait! and Merry Christmas to you too David! Edit: Offtopic: GM:S 2.0, eh? hopefully pro and master users wont have to pay...I just got pro ._. Edited December 24, 2014 by TheSpiderRider Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caeden117 1.8k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 hope to see ur new updates! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tditdatdwt 3.3k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 can we expect a sequel to "Notch Flying Cape Animation" :D david 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot 2.6k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Merry Christmas! Take some time off. You deserve it, from what you've achieved this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumie 5.8k Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Glad to hear something about 1.0.0 and why it's been going slower then usual, hopefully you won't spend the next day coding and instead relaxing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlee 585 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 ALL OF MY FRIENDS (golden Mike and some other people) ARE ON HYPE ALERT!!!INCLUDING M-*explodes* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawtur 177 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Only one person to work, thats really hard, i got the same work you has when i tried to make a game GOOD LUCK and +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyeverangel 347 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Merry christmas David! Have a happy time and im sooo exited for the full release! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpHsVinicius 1.6k Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 waiting too much the arms of Alex!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Correen 122 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Good to see you back in action amigo. tditdatdwt 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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